The Problem of Gender in Three Fairy Tales by Angela Carter

Angela Carter was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, the daughter of a journalist. She was removed by her grand mother, a working class domineering feminist granny of the north of England, to Souh Yorkshire during the war years. It was not surprising that Carter's first years were later to have so much of an influence on her writing and philosophy. After rejoining her mother she suffered from anorexia. At 20 she married. Before starting her English studies at the university of Bristol, Carter worked for the Croydon Advertiser and wrote features and record reviews. After graduating, she settled in the city of Bristol and began her literary career.
She is an English short story writer, novelist, journalist, dramatist and critic. Carter is a notable exponent of magic realism, who added into Gothic themes, violence, and eroticism. …